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Chancellor

Austria · Government / Government of Austria. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

26Records
1848–2019Date range
19Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1848

Felix zu SchwarzenburgOctober 1848

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Prime Minister of Austria

Felix zu Schwarzenburg1848

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Prime Minister of Austria. Appointed Chancellor of Austria

1865

Richard Graf Belcredi1865

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Prime Minister of Austria

1918

Karl Renner12 March 1918

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 1st term

1919

Karl Renner1919

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 2nd term

1921

Johan Schobar1921

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Chosen to head a coalition Government with the support of the Christian Social Party and the Pan-Germans. Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 1st term

1922

Ignaz Seipel1922

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 1st term

1926

Ignaz Seipel1926

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 2nd term

1929

Ernst Streeruwitz30 April 1929

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria

Johan Schobar1929

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 2nd term

1932

Engelbert Dollfuss10 May 1932

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria

1934

Kurt von Schuschnigg25 July 1934

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria, succeeds Dolfuss who was assassinated by the Nazis

1938

Arthur Seyss-Inquart12 March 1938

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor

1945

Karl Renner29 April 1945

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria by the Soviet forces

Leopold Figl20 December 1945

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria

1953

Julius Raab2 April 1953

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria

1961

Alfons Gorbach11 April 1961

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria

1964

Josef Klaus2 April 1964

Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria

Alfons Gorbach26 June 1964

Government / Government of Austria

Alfons Gorbach forms a new Austrian Government

1970

Bruno Kreisky21 April 1970

Government / Government of Austria

The SPO forms a minority Government with Bruno Kreisky as Chancellor

1983

Fred Sinowatz24 May 1983

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria

1986

Franz Vranitzky16 June 1986

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 1st term

1990

Franz Vranitzky1990

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria, 2nd term

1997

Viktor Klima28 January 1997

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria

2000

Wolfgang Schussel4 February 2000

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Appointed Chancellor of Austria

2019

Brigitte Bierlein3 June 2019

Vienna · Government / Government of Austria

Becomes Austria's first female Chancellor.

Names involved

Alfons GorbachArthur Seyss-InquartBrigitte BierleinBruno KreiskyEngelbert DollfussErnst StreeruwitzFelix zu SchwarzenburgFranz VranitzkyFred SinowatzIgnaz SeipelJohan SchobarJosef KlausJulius RaabKarl RennerKurt von SchuschniggLeopold FiglRichard Graf BelcrediViktor KlimaWolfgang Schussel

Provenance

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